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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Earwigs (Dermaptera) » Anisolabididae » Anisolabis » Maritime Earwig (Anisolabis maritima)

Species Anisolabis maritima - Maritime Earwig

Classification · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Habitat · Life Cycle · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Maritime Earwig - Anisolabis maritima - male maritime earwig? - Anisolabis maritima - male Earwig - Anisolabis maritima - male Anisolabis maritima Which earwig? - Anisolabis maritima - female Anisolabis maritima - female Earwig/Rove Beetle? - Anisolabis maritima male maritme earwigs - Anisolabis maritima - male
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Dermaptera (Earwigs)
Family Anisolabididae
Genus Anisolabis
Species maritima (Maritime Earwig)
Other Common Names
Seaside Earwig(1)
Explanation of Names
Anisolabis maritima (Bonelli 1832)
maritima = 'of or belonging to the sea, maritime'
Identification
Large, wingless earwig with uniformly colored antennae and no markings on legs
Range
Along the Atlantic, Gulf, and Pacific coasts of the entire US & so. Canada
Habitat
Coastal areas
Life Cycle
Females tend clutches and supply food to nymphs.
See Also
Euborellia have lighter-colored segments near the ends of the antennae, and some have markings on the legs
Print References
Suzuki (2010)
Internet References
Fact sheet (iNaturalist)
Works Cited
1.The Earwigs of California (Order Dermaptera)
R.L. Langston & J.A. Powell. 1975. Bull. Calif. Insect Surv. 20: 1-25.
Contributed by Chuck Entz on 3 September, 2007 - 7:18pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov
Last updated 17 August, 2015 - 5:38pm

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